Building Construction Quiz 1
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The quiz below is the second in a series of quizzes designed to help you with the Building construction finals that are just around the corner. Give it a shot and see how prepare you are after the two quizzes we have tackled. All the best and keep on practicing.
- 1.A machine power tool used to cut ciurves or holes in floors and roofs for pipes. Has a small knife-shaped blade that moves up and down.
- A.
Power Miter Saw
- B.
Saber Saw
- C.
Table Saw
- D.
Blind Riveter
- 2.Tagalog vernacular for Nail Set.
- A.
Pusi
- B.
Piye
- C.
Punsol
- D.
Pasinta
- 3.Which of the following is not a type of budget contingency?
- A.
Schematic Contingencies
- B.
Escalation
- C.
Construction Contingencies
- D.
Design Contingencies
- 4.In a project schedule which of these choices comes first?
- A.
Construction Administration
- B.
Design Development
- C.
Contract Negotiations
- D.
Mobilization of Site
- 5.
- A.
The design consultant has its own sub consultants.
- B.
The owner has a binding contract for both the designer and the contructor.
- C.
The designer also acts as the project manager.
- D.
Sub contractors are working independently from the main contractor.
- 6.The "working drawing" phase of the project, in which every aspect of the design is drawn to scale and appropriately specified.
- A.
Construction Administration
- B.
Design Development
- C.
Schematic Design
- D.
Construction Documents
- 7.Presentation to the client turn more to this issues of coordination and cost control and take into amount more specific feed back about the nature of rooms and spaces.
- A.
Design Development
- B.
Programming
- C.
Schematic Design
- D.
Construction Documents
- 8.Written information that clarifies or modifies the building documents, often issued during the bidding process.
- A.
Change Order
- B.
Addendum
- C.
Alternate
- D.
Substitution
- 9.A type of substrcture in a building without a basement, an unfinished accessible space below the first floor.
- A.
Slab On Fill
- B.
Basement
- C.
Crawl Space
- D.
Low-Rise Building
- 10.A relatively permanent enclosed structure constructed over a plot of land for habitable use.
- A.
Residential Houses
- B.
Building
- C.
Construction
- D.
Foundation
- 11.
- A.
Foundations
- B.
Doors & Windows
- C.
Columns & Beams
- D.
Roof Framing Systems
- 12.A hand tool used to force open boards used in forming concrete.
- A.
Pry Bar or "Kabilya"
- B.
Sledgehammer or "Maso"
- C.
Pry Bar or "Kabra
- D.
Sledgehammer or "Sinsil"
- 13.A hand tool that has chisel-like teeth designed for ripping or cutting with or parallel to the grain of wood.
- A.
Rip Saw
- B.
Cross Cut Saw
- C.
Jig Saw
- D.
Criss Cut Saw
- 14.A type of chisel used to trim metals.
- A.
Wood Chisel
- B.
Cold Chisel
- C.
Gougees
- D.
Metal Chisel
- 15.Used to place and trim mortar between bricks or concrete blocks.
- A.
Brick Trowel
- B.
Spade
- C.
Pala
- D.
Blind Riveter
- 16.A clamping device used in carpentry; consist of long bar with adjustable clamping jaws.
- A.
Chisel
- B.
Hammer
- C.
Bar Clamp
- D.
Clamp Master
- 17.A unit quantity for lumber equal to volume of a pice whose nominal dimensions are 12 inches square and 1 inch.
- A.
Nominal Dimension
- B.
Board Foot
- C.
Linear Foot
- D.
Standard Lumber Module
- 18.Hand tool used to fasten pieces of sheet metal.
- A.
Spiral Ratchet Screwdriver
- B.
Blind Riveter
- C.
Nail Set
- D.
Screw Gun
- 19.
- A.
Cast Iron
- B.
Stainless Steel
- C.
Pewter
- D.
Galvanized Steel
- 20.This hand tool is like a nailer but are loaded with U-shaped staples instead of nails for fastening.
- A.
Blind Riveter
- B.
Power Drill
- C.
Powder-Actuated Stud Driver
- D.
Staplers
- 21.
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What hand tool is shown in the picture?- A.
Blind Riveter
- B.
Nail Set
- C.
Phillips Screw
- D.
Spiral Ratchet Screwdriver
- 22.The regular length of time for a concrete to harden or to set.
- A.
26 days
- B.
28 days
- C.
24 days
- D.
20 days
- 23.
- A.
Hollow Concrete
- B.
Unreinforced Concrete
- C.
Stand Alone
- D.
Plain Concrete
- 24.A calcined mixture of clay and limestone, finely pulverized and used as an ingredient in concrete and mortar.
- A.
Stucco
- B.
Cement
- C.
Aggregates
- D.
Sand
- 25.A hydraulic cement made by burning a mixture of clay and limestone in a rotary kiln and pulverizing the resulting clinker into a very fine powder.
- A.
Portland
- B.
Pozzolanic
- C.
Stucco
- D.
Mortar
- 26.This is the type of cement that was used in ancient times by the Romans. It is still used today wherein new technologies have improved its qualities.
- A.
Portland Cement
- B.
Pozzolanic Cement
- C.
Mortar
- D.
Low-Heat Cement
- 27.Subtances added to a concrete batch immediately before or during its mizing in order to alter or enhance specific property of concrete.
- A.
Fine Aggregates
- B.
Course Aggregates
- C.
Water
- D.
Admixtures
- 28.
- A.
Increasing the concrete's resistance to freezing
- B.
Speed up setting time.
- C.
Reduce water requirements of concrete.
- D.
Acts as plasticizers.
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